ADDED ON: 05/26/2023
Landmark European ruling on LGBT+ rights
During 2019 and 2020, 21 gay and lesbian couples in Romania joined a complaint against the state to the European Court of Human Rights over the lack of official recognition of their…
Romania
ADDED ON: 05/24/2023
Historic decision’: 21 same-sex couples win biggest LGBTQ rights trial at ECHR
The largest case ever heard on same-sex unions closed at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday, with the court deeming the lack of legal recognition of same-sex unions a…
ADDED ON: 03/04/2023
EU’s top court to rule on Romania’s refusal to accept transgender man’s identity
The European Union's top court will hear a case brought by a British-Romanian transgender man against Romanian authorities over their refusal to recognize his gender identity, Romanian LGBTQ rights organisation ACCEPT said…
Alex Meszaros — Identity.Education, Romania
Located in Timișoara, Romania’s third-largest city, Identity.Education was created out of a need for formal representation of the LGBTI community and a lack of spaces for the community to gather. I spoke…
ADDED ON: 09/08/2022
How Targeting LGBTQ+ Rights Are Part of the Authoritarian Playbook
In the last three decades, protections for LGBT people’s rights have advanced rapidly in many countries and regions. However, rising populist authoritarianism poses a significant threat to this progress because abolishing sexual…
ADDED ON: 08/31/2022
Their Country Banned Gay Marriage. This Lesbian Couple Got Married Anyway
On a Saturday in early July, I arrived at the Bucharest town hall to attend a very special event – my old friend Georgiana was getting married to her partner Evie. What…
ADDED ON: 08/06/2022
Romania Could Pass Russian-Style Anti-Gay “Propaganda” Law
The Romanian Senate recently passed a bill that would classify the dissemination of LGBTQ-related information as “propaganda,” following the lead of Russia and Hungary and continuing a trend of attacking civil liberties…
ADDED ON: 07/10/2022
Thousands march in Bucharest LGBTQ pride parade
Thousands of Romanians joined an LGBTQ pride march in Bucharest on Saturday ahead of planned legislation that could potentially endanger future parades and fuel discrimination. Parliament's lower house is expected to start…
ADDED ON: 06/27/2022
First Russia, Then Hungary, Now Romania Is Considering A ‘Gay Propaganda’ Law
BUCHAREST -- Romania is considering a bill that would ban minors from being exposed to so-called "gay propaganda" in schools and in public life, despite warnings from rights groups that it would…
ADDED ON: 06/18/2022
Romania threatened with legal action over ‘shameful’ LGBTQ+ ‘propaganda’ bill
A cross-party group of MEPs have called on Romania to drop a proposed law comparable to Russia’s so-called “gay propaganda” ban. Romania is considering a bill that would ban the use of…
ADDED ON: 04/30/2022
Romania must reject Hungary-style anti-LGBT bill, rights groups say
Romanian human rights groups on Friday condemned a bill approved by the Senate which bans so-called gay propaganda in schools, saying it would legitimise discrimination against the LGBT community, mirroring measures seen…
ADDED ON: 03/04/2022
Queer Africans fleeing Ukraine face ‘grave danger’ even after reaching ‘so-called safe countries’
Queer African people fleeing Ukraine are facing “intersecting violence”, campaigners have warned. More than one million people have fled Ukraine since Russia declared war. However, not all refugees are being treated equally. There have been widespread reports of…
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